"Kim Christensen / For the Chronicle
For Don Holmstrom, taking over the BP explosion probe was a chance to serve his country and address the biggest safety issue of his career.
Plunging headfirst down Idaho's white-water rapids in a kayak may not seem a likely pastime for someone who preaches safety.
Neither does hiking the entire Continental Divide or hunting buffalo in South Dakota.
Despite his appetite for adventure, federal investigator Don Holmstrom has an uncommon passion for safety - for workers and the public, if not himself - that surpasses even his love of the great outdoors, those who know him say."

"PUNE: The National Defence Academy (NDA) will prepare a new curriculum by enmeshing the recommendations of the expert committees on academics and service matters, NDA Commandant AK Chopra said.
The expert committee on service matters headed by Air Marshal SK Mallik has already forwarded its recommendations to the Chief of Staff Committee and they have been accepted, Chopra said .
The expert committee on academics has been set up under the chairmanship of previous Deputy Commandant of NDA Air Marshal PP Raj Kumar and its recommendations are expected in another three months, he said."

""Nixon!" everyone yelled.
Coleman's "Discovery," an elective course at Locust Grove Middle School just beyond Northern Virginia, is practicing what is known in the teaching profession as "experiential education." The term means learning by doing and can be applied in a range of contexts, from after-school clubs to corporate development programs. In teaching, it typically involves being outdoors, where students can work on their communication skills in a challenging setting -- a hike in the backcountry, for example -- and reflect on their behavior as they make a stumble or an accomplishment."

""Kids come home dirty, wet, happy, smiling and totally exhausted."
This is how Lyndsey Roark, outdoor education coordinator for the city of Davis, describes a week at Camp Putah. For many kids, it's not summer without five days at the camp. This year, Camp Putah celebrates 35 years of summer camp fun.
Camp Putah was introduced to kids in the summer of 1970. The camp offered all of the classic activities of an away camp - hiking, canoeing, campfire sing-alongs - right in Davis. For $7.50, kids could spend a week enjoying the great outdoors at the UC Davis Riparian Reserve behind the University Airport at Hopkins and Levee roads."

"City program at Putah Creek still popular after 35 years
By Julie Rooney/Enterprise staff writer
"Kids come home dirty, wet, happy, smiling and totally exhausted."
This is how Lyndsey Roark, outdoor education coordinator for the city of Davis, describes a week at Camp Putah. For many kids, it's not summer without five days at the camp. This year, Camp Putah celebrates 35 years of summer camp fun.
Camp Putah was introduced to kids in the summer of 1970. The camp offered all of the classic activities of an away camp - hiking, canoeing, campfire sing-alongs - right in Davis. For $7."

"This twentieth anniversary of the West Coast Sea Kayak Symposium will be the best ever! Join recreational paddlers, manufacturers and retailers and try out kayaks, take clinics, watch slide shows and socialize at the evening events. Click here to read..."